The New Anfield Stadium - Debate

This thread is for all discussion on the proposed New Stadium
The stadium has now commenced work was supposed to start work (12th March 2007) and this thread will follow it's progress.
I think it would be great to get a new stadium, but I really like Anfield! 

If we did get this new stadium, we would have the second biggest in the prem! What do you all think ?

I think it will be amazing, yes it will be sad to leave the famous anfeild behind, but this new stadium is just what  LFC need to be recognised as one of the biggest clubs in europe, and the extra cash won't go a miss,
besides it will probably give everyone their long awaiting season tickets that we have all been waiting so long for (including me)

yes i suppose! i want a season ticket too and i suppose it will make the waiting list shorter if the staduim is built !  

I think the new stadium will go ahead - but maybe at least another 3 years.

Remember Arsenal's new Emirates stadium will also be 60,000 and Newcastle are looking at expansion plans.

I think the reds need a bigger stadium - the fact is that more people want to go and watch Liverpool than they currently have capacity for.  We all know what the tickets situation is like.

The problem is this? Where could Liverpool put an extra 14,000 seats in to the current Anfield (without making some two tier stands typical of crap teams)??

We need this new stadium, but i would be very sad to see Anfield go as it would bring back so many happy memories for me,  I started to watch the Reds as a nipper when my grandad used to take me and we used to stand in the Annie Road End, and pay on the turnstile as we went in !!!  Those were the days eh?     Anfield Stadium has got that special atmosphere and thats what i would be scared of losing most.  :cry:   On the plus side, it would eliminate a lot of the nightmare time trying to get tickets.

By the way has everyone got the Semi-Final tickets yet ?  I concentrated on European games again this season so have only been to one FA Cup match (the best one in fact Man Utd hehehe !!)  I have now got my ballot form in to the ticket office and are keeping everything crossed that i get one.    

no i havent got a ticket yet!        but i dont no where you get one from ! they rip you off in other places ! im not a season ticket holder, so it looking doubtful fo me !        

Its really sad 2 leave Anfield, like wat do u think bout when u here Youll Never Walk Alone and you see the THIS IS ANFIELD poster up on the way out.

BTW how big is this stadium gonna be :?:

i suppose its gonna get a differnt name and that will be the saddest thing! its around 60,000-65,000 not sure though!

Who wants a move into the new stadium? I do, it will just be sad to leave Anfield after all this time there and so many great memories, at least the waiting list will be shorter for a season ticket.

Does anyone know what the capacity is going to be?

The're saying 60 000 . I think it needs to be bigger . the capacity at old Trafford is 76 000 and they charge up to £55 for a ticket , so they take much more money on a Saturday enabling them to spend much more than we can .
 I think the new stadium should be 70 000 at least . I just hope it doesn't end up like the Emirates stadium . They've made it a larger capacity then only given a extra 300 season tickets to the fans . They've put loads of corporate boxes in and they've introduced a platinum season ticket for £100 000  for every 3 seasons . Yes you read it correctly - one hundred thousand pounds .
 If that's the future of football then we're pretty much fu**ed !

Ah well - it pays for every seat there being padded - have you seen them.

They look ace.  

I think with a 60,000 stadium the reds could hand out 45,000 season tickets.

2-4 thousand for the away fans.

Just been doing some quick sums, and I reckon a 15,000 increase in capacity to 60,000.  Assuming average attendance 57,500 would add £400,000 each game.  I don't know what the average 'extra' spend is. Say another £2 each, and some extra sales for the store (say working out at £1 per fan?).

My conservative estimates call it an extra £440,000 per game. With 25 home games per season thats an extra £10 million a season.  I am sure my estimates are on the low side.

They should have got a loan when it was only going to be £80 million.  It would probably have nearly been paid off by now!!!

Gonna have a sit down now - my brain hurts.

Ah well - it pays for every seat there being padded - have you seen them.

They look ace.  

I think with a 60,000 stadium the reds could hand out 45,000 season tickets.

2-4 thousand for the away fans.

Just been doing some quick sums, and I reckon a 15,000 increase in capacity to 60,000.  Assuming average attendance 57,500 would add £400,000 each game.  I don't know what the average 'extra' spend is. Say another £2 each, and some extra sales for the store (say working out at £1 per fan?).

My conservative estimates call it an extra £440,000 per game. With 25 home games per season thats an extra £10 million a season.  I am sure my estimates are on the low side.

They should have got a loan when it was only going to be £80 million.  It would probably have nearly been paid off by now!!!

Gonna have a sit down now - my brain hurts.

You've lost me!

And me !!  Sounds good though  

  hiya to all, ive just joined the forum, with regards to the new stadium, they should be looking at well over an 80,000 seater, putting us in line with all the top clubs in europe. put it down to supply and demand, if theyve got a 5 yr waiting list for season tickets, surely that would be a better option.

  hiya to all, ive just joined the forum, with regards to the new stadium, they should be looking at well over an 80,000 seater, putting us in line with all the top clubs in europe. put it down to supply and demand, if theyve got a 5 yr waiting list for season tickets, surely that would be a better option.

There won't be 80,000 fans in anfield every week.. wont be full house, i think 60,000 is alright, 70,000 wud have been great!! but we dont have 80,000 fans

...but we dont have 80,000 fans

No, we have about a million times that many!

60,000 and i dont beleive it will be anywhere near big enough. when you look at the scums stadium (you have to admit its pretty impressive) holding 75,000 now, and they are going to expand again, they will probably end up with close to 90,000 at matches, are people saying we dont have that kind of support? i for one beleive we could fill that easily.

absolutly jabba, the sh*te down the road get 75,000 every week we could easily fill 80,000-90,000

Next season at the Anfield and the season 2007 at the new stadium :-)
The Anfield is a legend but today you need a modern stadium...just like Moenchengladbach...we had our Bökelberg....where we played against you :-) but since 2 years we have the Borussia Park...

It would be sad to leave anfield but a bigger stadium is need if we really want to compete with the rest of europe on a perminant basis. the extra money would be so important evenmore now the chavs have unlimited cash........

I think its gonna be 60,000 as they want to try and keep the traditional 4 stand type of stadium with the corners filled in,  as in the oval stadiums the atmospher seems to suffer....

if we did move to stanley park do you think we should take the name anfield with us? or call it "new" anfield? and what do you think should happen to "old" anfield should we keep it up? or knock it dwon to make flats?

i'd call it anything as long as it's not named after a sponser. Hopefully Anfield though

Herd a rumour that liverpool were told to redo the plans for the new stadium and change the seating to aroun 48000-50000 so cant see the point in the move even if the stadium looks alot better.